We have a pair of major Pineapple Express storm systems riding the atmospheric river and about to bring heavy rain and high winds to our area. The zonal Pacific jet stream is sagging further south and more directly aimed at California now than in the previous months, opening the door to more storm activity as we enter into February like a lion!
Tonight into Thursday:
Storm #1 will move from northern California into our area mostly overnight. After 10pm Ventura County will see the first of the rain bands starting to move in. It will start to affect LA County after midnight and then Orange County after 4am. It looks like the heaviest rain will be from about 6-8am in our area, so the morning commute looks to be rough .
This storm will hold together as it moves across SoCal, so expect widespread rain (heavy at times) on Thursday. Roadway and small stream flooding is possible with this first event as well as some isolated thunderstorms & heavy downpours in this unstable subtropical airmass.